Higher Medical Education in Ukraine

Students can get higher medical education in Ukraine at institutions called medical universities, which are separate from traditional universities. Ukrainian students do not need any preliminary higher education to enter a medical university. The procedure of admission to medical universities has changed greatly recently. Nowadays Ukrainian school-leavers do not take any entrance exams. Medical universities admit their students on the basis of the results of the External Independent Testing, which students take after their final school year. They have to pass tests in Ukrainian Language and Literature, Biology and Chemistry or Physics successfully to enter a medical university.

The course of studies lasts 6 years. For two years medical students learn so-called pre-clinical subjects, such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Human Anatomy, Histology. They also learn a foreign language, as well as philosophy, psychology and the fundamentals of economics. From the third to the fifth year the students have clinical subjects. They learn to diagnose different diseases, to carry out laboratory analyses and treat people for different diseases.

After their third year of studies medical students have a practical training, during which they work as nurses. After the fourth year they have another practical training. This time they work as doctors’ assistants at therapeutic, surgical and other departments in hospitals. During their 6-th year they gain more experience in one of the 3 main clinical subjects: Therapy, Surgery or Obstetrics. After the 6^th year of studies they work as interns at a large hospital for two years, specializing in one of the fields of medicine. So, the course of medical studies is long, but it allows future doctors to get a good knowledge of medicine and practical experience, necessary for treating people.

POST-TEXT ASSIGNMENTS:

Exercise 6. Answer the questions:

1. Where can Ukrainian students get higher medical education?

2. How do medical universities admit their students?

3. When do Ukrainian school-leavers usually take External Independent Testing?

4. What tests do they have to pass successfully to enter a medical university?

5. How long does the course of studies at Ukrainian Medical Universities last?

6. When do medical students learn pre-clinical subjects?

7. When do they have clinical subjects?

8. What do they do during their sixth year?

9. When do future doctors start working as interns?

Exercise 7. Find English equivalents of the following word combinations in the text:

Здобувати хороші знання з медицини, вчитися діагнозувати різні хвороби, приймати студентів на основі результатів зовнішнього незалежного тестування, проводити різні лабораторні аналізи та лікувати людей від різних хвороб, здобувати більш досвіду, дозволяти здобути хороші знання, працювати асистентами лікарів, складати вступні іспити, українські випускники.

Exercise 8. Match the words with their definitions:

school-leaver		subjects, such as Biology, Physics, chemistry and others, which medical students study in their 1^st -3^rd years of Medical University.
external independent testing		subjects, such as Surgery, Gynecology, Obstetrics, which medical students study in their 4^th -6^th years of Medical University
pre-clinical subjects		a person, who has finished school
clinical subjects		part of studies, during which medical students get practical experience
practical training		exams, school-leavers take after finishing school in order to enter a higher educational institution

Exercise 9. Translate into English:

1. Як вони лікували його від грипу?

2. Вони не дозволили йому складати вступні іспити.

3. Його не було там 5 хвилин.

4. З першого по третій рік студенти вивчають доклінічні предмети.

5. Вона здобула великого досвіду під час її практики.

6. Після четвертого року навчання студенти будуть працювати асистентами лікарів у лікарнях.

7. Під час практичних занять студенти проводять лабораторні роботи та вчаться діагнозу вати різні хвороби.

8. Українські медичні університети відокремлені від традиційних університетів.